Archive for April, 2008

Play Frogster on Earth Day!

Debs on Apr 22nd 2008

Today is Earth Day, a timely reminder to listen to the global message we're hearing from the threatened frogs on our planet.

Take a look at Frogster, a computer game developed by the Vancouver Aquarium to help teach kids about the dangers facing frogs! The idea of the game is very simple - get the frogs to safety while avoiding DANGER!

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First Frog without Lungs found in Borneo!

Debs on Apr 12th 2008

 

Amazing news appearing all over the Internet is this story about the discovery of the first lungless frog! Read the full story by Susan Milius in Science News

The species, Barbourula kalimantanensis, is so rare that until last year only two specimens were known to science and no herpetologist had seen it alive, says David Bickford of the National University of Singapore.

"It's one of the most famous frogs in Borneo," says Bickford. No one wanted to slice the frogs up for dissection, so no one had noticed the absence of lungs."

UNE GRENOUILLE SANS POUMANS

 

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The Budweiser Frogs – in full and uncensored!

Debs on Apr 8th 2008

An amazing montage of all the 1995 Budweiser Frogs advertisements starting with the first Bud, Weis, and Er Frogs
as well as the arrival of the Lizards Louie and Frankie and last but not least...the Ferret!


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